Panel Discussion: The Role of Productive Employment and Social Protection in Realizing the Millennium Development Goals

Moderated by Mr. Americo Martins dos Santos from BBC World Service, panellists discussed various issues including the role of social protection as a development and poverty reduction tool. Panellists included: Mr Robert Nkili, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Cameroun; Chairperson, African Union Labour and Social Affairs Commission; Government Vice-President of the ILC; Dr Kamal Elkheshen, Vice President, Sector Operations, African Development Bank; Mr Yogendra K. Modi, Chairman and CEO, Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd.; Mr Quintino M. Severo, General Secretary, Central Sindical dos Trabalhadores (CUT), Brazil; and Mr Anders Wijkman, Vice-Chairman, Tallberg Foundation and member of the Club of Rome.